This demonstrates the fact that the rural worker is injured in disproportionately larger numbers than the urban worker, since the majority of the Alabama population (64%) lives in a metropolitan statistical area (Bureau of the Census, 1986).

However, if an area has more than 1 million residents and meets other criteria, it is classified as a "consolidated metropolitan statistical area" (CMSA), which consists of two or more primary metropolitan statistical areas (PMSA's).

The metropolitan statistical area measured included Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, which consists of Bucks, Burlington, Camden, Cecil, Chester, Delaware, Gloucester, Montgomery, New Castle, Philadelphia and Salem in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

However, if an area has more than 1 million residents and meets other criteria, it is classified as a Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA), consisting of two or more Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (PMSA's).

Governmental sector employment dominates the local economy, as the majority of the commonwealth's 40,500 employees in the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) are located in the city, including those at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and the Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems (VCUHS).

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